word classes

Question 1

what are the 3 types of nouns?

Answer 1

• proper
• abstract
• concrete

Question 2

what is a proper noun with example?

Answer 2

• names of people or places
• james

Question 3

what is an abstract noun with example?

Answer 3

• states, feelings and concepts that do not have a physical existence
• love

Question 4

what is a concrete noun with example?

Answer 4

• objects that have a physical existence
• cup

Question 5

what are the 4 types of verbs?

Answer 5

• material
• relational
• mental
• verbal

Question 6

what is a material verb with example?

Answer 6

• actions or events
• jump

Question 7

what is a relational verb with example?

Answer 7

• identify properties or show states of being
• appear

Question 8

what is a mental verb with an example?

Answer 8

• show internal processes such as thinking
• believe

Question 9

what is a verbal verb with example?

Answer 9

• show external processes of communicating through speech
• shout

Question 10

what are the 3 types of adjectives and adverbs?

Answer 10

• base
• comparative
• superlative

Question 11

what is a base adjective/adverb with example?

Answer 11

• the basic form of an adjective or adverb modifying another word
• interesting, carefully

Question 12

what is a comparative adjective/adverb with example?

Answer 12

• a form used to compare two instances either adding ‘er’ or using ‘more’
• more interesting, bigger

Question 13

what is a superlative adjective/adverb with example?

Answer 13

• a form used to compare more than two instances, identifying a best example
• biggest, most interesting

Question 14

what are the 3 types of pronouns?

Answer 14

• personal
• demonstrative
• indefinite

Question 15

what is a personal pronoun with its individual examples?

Answer 15

• refer to people and are differentiated in terms of person, number and gender
• I (first person singular)
• you (second person singular/plural)
• she (third person, singular, feminine)

Question 16

what is a demonstrative pronoun with example?

Answer 16

• orientate the reader or listener towards a person, object, or idea either nearby or further away
• those

Question 17

what is an indefinite pronoun with example?

Answer 17

• refer to a person, object or idea that is non-specific
• someone

Question 18

what are the 3 examples of determiners?

Answer 18

• articles
• possessives
• quantifiers

Question 19

what is an article determiner with its example?

Answer 19

• show that something is definite or indefinite
• the (definite) a/an (indefinite)

Question 20

what is a possessive determiner with example?

Answer 20

• show ownership
• my

Question 21

what is a quantifier determiner with example?

Answer 21

• show either specific or non-specific quantities of a noun
• some or one

Question 22

what are the 2 types of conjunctions?

Answer 22

• co-ordinating
• sub-ordinating

Question 23

what is a co-ordinating conjunction with example?

Answer 23

• link words or larger structure such as phrases and clauses together where they are equal
• and

Question 24

what is a sub-ordinating conjunction with example?

Answer 24

• link clauses together to show one is dependent on another
• because